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A Magickal Trip To The Moon
By Sean Casteel
developed through early issues
of “Amazing Stories” and stints
with explosive powder companies, earned him a leading role
in a small gang performing rocketry experiments at and around
Caltech in the 1930s. At that
time, rocketry was for “twisted
dreamers,” not serious scientists. His gang was nicknamed
the “Suicide Squad” because
of the frightening explosions
they were causing on campus.
They were later relocated to
the nearby Arroyo Seco canyon
to conduct their experiments
in discovering stable, usable
rocket fuels.
A Magickal Trip
To The Moon
By Sean Casteel
Jack Parsons and the rocket fuel
he invented took NASA and the
Apollo astronauts to the moon.
But his personal life was fraught
with strange, even wicked,
complications and cast a dark
shadow over the entire space
program, both public and secret.
According to an online posting
at Reason.com, called “The
Magical Father of American
Rocketry” and written by Brian
Doherty, “He was an acolyte of
Aleister Crowley, an employee
of Howard Hughes, and an
enthusiastic phone buddy to
Werner Von Braun. He became
a vital link in two mighty chains
in human history: rocketry and
ritual magic. His science was
built on intuition, and his magic
on experiment.”
Parsons was born in 1914, the
only child of a broken home, and
died in 1952, in an explosion in
his backyard lab in Pasadena,
California.
BLOWING THINGS UP
Doherty reviews a 2005 biography of Parsons called “Strange
Angel: The Otherworldly Life Of
Rocket Scientist John Whiteside
Parsons,” which “tells the bizarre tale of a character whose
innovations in rocket fuel design
were vital to mankind’s leaving
the surface of the planet.”
While Parsons had only a high
school education, his deep
knowledge of explosives, which
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When World War II came along,
the US military called upon these
oddballs at Caltech, hoping to
use their crazy rocket gadgets
to propel planes into the air
in places without adequate
runways.
“Gradually, the little gang
of misfits,” Doherty writes,
“evolved into the Jet Propulsion
Laboratories. Parsons designed
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new rocket fuel after new rocket
fuel, and eventually they succeeded in inventing jet-assisted
takeoff. The military wasn’t
designed for Parsons’ unconventional life- and work-styles. It
took staid money boys and military discipline to turn his ideas
into an industrial machine.”
A LITTLE EVIL ON
THE SIDE
While inventing the rocket fuel
that would make the space age
possible, Parsons also explored
the frontiers of inner space,
building the other half of his
weird reputation.
“He became enraptured with
the writings of Aleister Crowley
and joined the LA-based Agape
Lodge of Crowley’s Ordo Templi
Orientis. Crowley’s American
lieutenants seized on the charismatic and successful scientist
as a potential savior for their
movement; he began donating almost all his salary to the
upkeep of his lodge brethren.”
After the war, his occult activism attracted the young L. Ron
Hubbard into his life. The pre“Dianetics” author took off for
Florida with Parsons’ girlfriend
and most of his money and never
came back. The official Scientology version of the story is that
Hubbard was sent by Navy intelligence to break up Parsons’ evil
occult sex ring.
In the late 1940s, Parsons was
stripped of his security clearance and almost prosecuted for
treason for slipping classified
documents from his then-employer, Hughes Aircraft, to the
newly established Israeli government, with whom he hoped to
work in rocketry.
According to an online posting
by Nick Redfern, called “Final
Events: UFOs, Demons and the
Government,” the man still so
revered and honored by senior
figures within the US space program was an admitted occultist
who would attempt a ritual to try
to invoke the Greek god, Pan,
before each rocket test. When
the FBI investigated Parsons following the theft of the classified
papers from Hughes Aircraft,
they turned up even stranger
allegations.
An earlier Air Force report was
forwarded to the FBI which related Parsons’ experience with
Aleister Crowley’s legacy.
“A religious cult,” the report
read, “believed to advocate sexual perversion, was organized
at the subject’s home, at 1003
South Orange Grove Avenue,
Pasadena, California, which has
been reported subversive.”
The Air Force and FBI also had
knowledge of “The Church of
Thelema,” of which Parsons
was a member, saying “this cult
broadly hinted at free love,” and
that there had been “several
complaints of strange goings
on at this home,” and that an
unnamed source had described
the church as “a gathering place
of perverts.”
“Women of loose morals were
involved,” the report goes on,
“and the story of Parsons’ activities had become fairly common
knowledge among scientists in
the Pasadena area.”
That Parsons had been highly
cavalier with confidential files
was a serious matter in itself,
Redfern goes on. But that
Parsons – occultist and perhaps
sexual deviant – had been granted a Top Secret clearance was
seen as being utterly beyond the
pale. His clearance was revoked
on the grounds that he might
voluntarily or involuntarily pose a
danger to US national security.
A LEGACY OF RUMOR
AND STRANGENESS
Naturally such a figure as Parsons continues to inspire a lot
of rumor and conjecture. Along
the way, he has been accused
of engaging in sexual bestiality
with a dog and ritual incest with
his mother. He was also said
to have engaged in painstaking rituals designed to create a
“Moon Child,” a magickal being
who would usher in a new age
of unfettered liberty and signal
the end of the Christian era and
its “outmoded” morality. It is
an interesting side note that the
man who invented the rocket fuel
that took us to the moon was also
attempting to conjure a supernatural creature named after
that same celestial object.
When one factors in the Nazi origins of Werner Von Braun along
with Parsons’ deep-seated
occult connections, it creates
a witch’s brew of mystery as
to the true beginnings of the
American space program. Was
some kind of backdoor deal
made with Satan to ensure the
US would be first in the race to
the moon and beyond? Do we
owe it all to a demonic voice
whispering in the ears of carefully chosen scientists of dubious
moral background?
We can’t be sure of course, but it
does raise some evil suspicions
regarding achievements we are
often urged to feel a patriotic
sense of pride about.
[If you enjoyed this article, visit
Sean Casteel’s “UFO Journalist”
website at www.seancasteel.
com to read more articles or
to purchase one of Casteel’s
books.]
A Decade in Review
A DECADE IN
REVIEW
“THE 90’S
By J. Franco Chavez
My playlist at the moment: Van
der Graaf Generator “Good
Bluff”, Eric B. and Rakim “Best
of”, Scorpions “Taken by
Force”, RadioHead “Ok Computer”....
Note: From here on out the listing can get difficult, but to clear
things up, these lists are NOT
a “best of” list and there in no
particular order, just albums i
feel had importance in that decade, enjoy....
1. Sonic Youth “Goo” - Alt/punk
rock mania, cute, Heavy, quirky
and lots of fun, def. there last of
the early era magic, not that the
albums after were not good...
2. Megadeth “ Rust in Peace”
- A Thrash Metal masterpiece,
PERIOD! , an obvious creation by the King of thrash, every fuckin track is killer, even
“Death Metal” bands where
shaking there heads, “like really
you guys are still making this
awesome shit!”
3. Weezer “Pinkerton” - An
emotional Hard rock, heart
breaking soundtrack for our
lives at the time, i know ive fallen
in love with a lesbian, have you?
but seriously any “real” person
can relate to this album, whether or not your “Emo”
4. Cannibal Corpse “Tomb of
the Mutilated” - Possibly the
first album with “true” gutteral
vocals, percise, Heavy as shit,
and featured the smash hit!
“Hammer smashed face”, and
it doesn’t hurt that Jim Carry is
a big fan.
5. RadioHead “Ok Computer” - I fell head over heels for
this album, and i cant say that
for there first two albums, a
soundtrack for the end of times,
full of gloom and doom, with a lil
indie rock for good measure, an
absolute classic.
6. Immolation “Here and After” - absolute audio Devastation... if you think you’ve heard
Heavy, you havent, if you think
you’ve heard strange darkness,
you haven’t, this album stands
alone.
7. Hunk “ST” - This band created one album only, and it rocks
the fuck out, imagine Weezer
meets Queen, powerful to the
very end and very memorable.
check this one out, and if any
one has heard anything on them
let me know.
8. Morbid Angel “Blessed are
the Sick” - An underground
classic, and one of the first
Death Metal bands to be signed
by a major label, and with good
reason.
9. Sigh “ Infedel Art” - A one of
a kind “Black Metal” band out
of Japan, Avant Garde, Dark and
exceptionally well written, buy
this album, smoke some good
green, turn off the lights, and
let your mind go, or have nightmares....
10. Mr. Bungle “Disco Volante”
- whaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! this is NOT
for the faint at heart, literally,
like a mental patient who was
able to record an album before
he completely lost his shit.
11. Dr Dre. “The Chronic” - 1 2
3 and to the 4, Get the funk outta
here, I have so many good memories when this album came out,
Funky and as they say “Hella
fun”, I was playing Sega Genesis, and my friend was having
sex, ohh the 90’s
12.PortisHead “Dummy” - Beth
and the gang are phenomenal on
this one, there is a good reason
you never find this album in the
“Clearance section”, its always
like a 40 bucks or sum, any who,
one of my favs fo show....
13. Sleep “Holy Mountain” - A
mammoth record by these Cali.
stoners, a classic in the annals
of Doom rock history, this album even made Black Sabbath
proud, need I say more.
14. Tori Amos “From the choirgirl Hotel” - Some of my friends
gave me shit for loving this album, but once they heard the
more haunting tracks, they remained quiet, dumb assess!,
this ones for the inner lesbian in
all of us.
15. Crucifixion “Paths Less
Taken” - These H Town thug
Metal heads were no joke, serious musicians who created an
album so good it was cursed,
by the time this album was
ready to be released the label
went under, track this awesome
fucker down, and prepare to
be amazed, proving that even
Death Metal can have soul and
feeling, hell yeah, thats another
one for the “Texicans”... yeeeah!
16. Nirvana “Nevermind” - actually nevermind this one......
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By Franco Chavez
just kidding, this is a feel good
album to me, it reminds me
of being in 5th grade jumping
around in my room, headbanging, and the smell of Fabuloso
roaming the air because my
mom was mopping the floors,
good times
19. Notorious B.I.G. “Ready to
Die” - To me BIG stuck out like
a sore thumb, he wasnt trying
to be “tough” or this or that...
he was just real and flowed like it
was second nature, We miss you
Biggy and FUCK the man or who
ever took you down.
17. Iced Earth “Storm Rider” Taking from the pure Megadeth
and Metallica of the 80’s and re
vamping it for the modern age,
memorable, thrashing and just
solid all around, one of there
best albums.
20. Enslaved “Frost” - Norway
legends at there finest, I am a
big fan of Darkthrone and Emperor, but to me Enslaved went
there own route, incorporating
different elements that most
Black Metal bands were afraid
to use or just weren’t interested
in doing, either way check this
album out for yourself and you’ll
know what i mean.
18. Bone Thugs n Harmony “E.
1999 Eternal” - Takes me back
to 8th grade, drinking wine coolers with some friends on some
weekends, bopping our heads,
one sleepover we actually woke
up on the 1st of the month and
jammed 1st of the month, it
was ghetto perfection.
For you readers who have any
comments or questions (please
dont send me the story of your
life) send them to:
axedrum@hotmail.com
Free Energy
“Free Energy”
By Jay Abazi
Like the air we breathe, energy is also all around us and
in abundance. The only issue
with energy is that it has to be
harnessed. Today we use many
different methods to create
and harness energy. All over
America we see nuclear power
plants, coal power plants and
in some places even wind or
solar power plants. But what if
all these power plants didn’t exist? What if the electricity, that
powered our homes and our
cities, was endlessly available
to all…for free!?!!
Many argue different scenarios
that would include the fall of
civilization, economic collapse
and a new form of weapons that
can be used to kill many people.
Even though world economies
are collapsing at this very moment and civilizations are falling
every time you turn on the
news, plus the massive stock
of nuclear weapons that can
annihilate the human species, I
don’t see the risk. But to people
who depend on the world consuming oil at an alarming rate, it
means everything.
Imagine companies like BP,
Shell or ExxonMobil not making
$200 billion in profits every
quarter. That would ruin the
lives of hundreds of people. Investors will lose a lot of money
and pull out the markets. The
markets will react to the hostility and collapse. Because of the
bad market the banks will stop
lending out money. The CEO’s
and their associates will have to
sell a couple of their mansions
for less than what they paid.
The banks will lose billions in in-
vestments (but they’ll just print
more money, so they’re safe)
and the lobbyists will be out of
work. It’s a trickling effect that
can’t be stopped.
found dead in his apartment
weeks before the meeting.
The official report stated he
died of natural causes.
That is why free energy, or
“new energy” as it is sometimes referred to, is always
being suppressed from ever
becoming a reality. One major
instance was back in 1901
when the inventor Nikola Tesla
invented a way to transmit
power and energy wirelessly
over long distances via transverse waves and longitudinal
waves. He called this “radiant
energy”. It sparked in a white
color instead of gold and it ran
cold instead of hot in wires.
Since it was transmitted wirelessly and it ran cold through
the wires, the need for copper
was no longer needed. That
didn’t sit well with banking
giant J.P. Morgan, who owned
almost every copper mine. So
he shut Tesla down.
There have been many different inventions and theories on
how to harness and use free
energy. The most popular
invention is a perpetual motion machine. It accesses the
longitudinal wave at the center
of an electromagnetic vortex
rather than the more commonly known “transverse”
wave that is coiling around it.
Some other inventors have
used the method of mimicking
cosmic vortices with copper
coils to create magnetic fields,
then rotating these fields at
certain octave frequencies to
tap into the ambient energy of
the space around the coils.
But Morgan didn’t stop there.
He also used his influence
in education to delete from
textbooks the knowledge that
can lead to creating devices
that would give off free energy.
Some conspiracy theorists
even go as far as accusing
Winston Churchill with creating
“control groups” that would
go around and suppress free
energy inventors by stealing
their work and burning it and
even assassinating them. One
possible victim of these “control groups” could have been
Tesla. In 1943 Tesla submitted a proposal to FDR claiming
he could get all the energy we
could ever use from the space
that surrounds us. The meeting was scheduled by FDR but
never occurred. Tesla was
What is “free energy” and how
does it work?
There has been an impressive
legacy of more recent genius inventors all over the world. Since
Tesla there have been numerous inventors like DePalma,
Naudin, Bearden, Trombly,
Bedini and many more. All
have been developing radiant
energy using different methods
like magnet-powered motors,
implosion/vortex engines,
cold fusion technology, solar
assisted heat pumps and much
more. One of the most popular
machines is the Bedini 10-pole
device, which is pictured in this
article.
This energy transformation is
obviously not a light matter or
an easy transition. Many have
tried to bring to market working
“new energy” devices, but
none have succeeded. Many
are confronted with gag orders
from the government and all
their papers and lab work
are confiscated. One inventor posted his “gag order”
document he received from the
government online. Below is an
excerpt from that document:
SECRECY ORDER
(Title 35, U.S. Code (1952),
sections 181-188)
You are hereby notified that your
application as above identified has been found to contain
subject matter, the unauthorized disclosure of which might
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be detrimental to the national
security, and you are ordered
in nowise to publish or disclose
the invention or any material
information…..
Another inventor who was suppressed was named Gene Mallove. He was a Harvard and MIT
trained scientist who edited
the Infinite Energy Magazine.
Unlike other inventors, Mallove
never tried to patent his work,
knowing his work would be
stolen and burned, so he tried
a different approach. He would
go on talk radio, or at least
he tried. He was scheduled
to appear on Coast to Coast
with George Noory, one of the
nation’s biggest radio shows
and talk about free energy. The
day before he was scheduled to
go on air, he was mysteriously
bludgeoned to death.
Why the suppression of something so amazing can only come
from the hands of a few who depend on it. The only people, who
would not benefit, monetarily,
would be the oil, coal and gas
companies, the few companies
who hold over $200 trillion in
underground piggy banks and
hold major political power in
government.
Imagine the effects on personal
prosperity of not having to pay
fuel, heating and electricity
bills. Imagine how different
your life would be with little or
no taxes and little or no energy
costs. Imagine having all that
extra cash available for owning
your own home or car, voluntary
education, organic foods, preventive and holistic healthcare,
savings and responsible investments. Think of the clean air
we can breathe or the drinkable
water in our streams and rivers.
Even the notion of no more wars
of aggression fighting over
resources has to be something
to enjoy.
No matter how much I think
about it or how much research I
do, I can not find any negatives
with free energy. The only thing
that comes close is the effect
it would have on the oil companies and the stock market. But
with government bail-outs and
subsidies, they can transition to
new energy very quickly. With
the current inventions available
we would need a machine of
some sort to power our homes
or businesses. This machine
would need to be built by somebody and most likely would be
built by numerous businesses.
Maybe ExxonMobil can become
the world’s leading supplier of
free energy machines. Shell
can be the leading builder of
magnet-powered machines.
There can be competition for
many companies to prosper.
New companies will prosper,
more people will have money to
spend and invest, the economy
grows and the markets boom.
It’s almost too good to be true,
and with government suppression we will never know.
THE UFO CONFERENCE, The Program Book &
10 YEARS OF FRINGE PUBLISHING
By russell dowden
to this day. We relocated to
San Marcos in August 2009
and started publishing in San
Marcos TX in October of 2009
and remained there for over
2 years often distributing the
magazine’s in south Austin.
In January of this year Weird
Magazine returns to Austin in
2012 and keeps our karma in
balance for the upcoming big
show in Dec. when the mothership returns to take us home to
the planet Erra in the Pleadies
Star cluster.
We hope you enjoy our style
of publishing over the years.
We’ve done many interviews
with paranormal authors to
comedians, to rock n roll stars.
Yes, Cheech & Chong have
appeared twice, Ghostland Observatory, Dave Attel, GWAR,
Vinnie Paul, Jim Marrs, Stanton
Friedman, Dean Haglund and
many others have made the
pages of WEIRD Magazine over
the years. Next month is our
April 420 Issue and is also our
99th edition. While MAY marks
our 100th!
In Sept. 2001, after the 38th
Annual National UFO Conference that wasn’t, I asked SMiles
Lewis, who I assisted in coordinating the cancelled NUFOC
event, to be my editor of a new
paper that I wanted to start.
Together we came up with
“The Austin Para Times
Not your normal news.”
A brash alternative paranormal
and conspiracy reader for the
Austin area in the newly Post
9/11 world the Bush regime
had created; APT became a
voice for dissenting views and
expressing alternative thoughts
on the ever shifting paradigm.
The fact is, the UFO Conference was cancelled due to the
9/11 tragedy. Since all flights
were grounded that week, none
of the speakers were able to
attend. Things were crazy that
whole week for many Americans. However, we successfully
printed a nice program booklet
with advertisers, articles and a
line up of musical guests for the
3 day event
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explaining what you can expect
from a UFO conference. The
booklet was cool. It’s cover was
designed by local Austin artist, and co-conspirator Mack
White.
Since my background was
advertising, radio, and print
media sales, teaming up with
fellow UFO conference team
members made since to staff
a newspaper about fringe or
Fortean topics. In hindsight,
the paper became our way of
bringing some closure to the
non-event.
March 1st 2002 we
printed our first
edition. We published
the first 9 issues as a
Bi-Monthly over an
18 month period until
October of 2004 when
we began printing
monthly ever since.
Weird Magazine has existed
in McAllen since that October
Hard to believe even for me
some times we’ve been doing
this paper this long. It’s a lot of
fun and has always been supported by our advertisers in order to keep making it available
free to the public. So say thank
you to our advertisers once in a
while for supporting us, or call
them and thanks would be a
nice gesture too.
So we are back home in Austin
doing our Magazine once again
and look forward to more input
from Austin readers and
Business owners to get more
involved and help us keep Austin
weirder than ever! Thanks to all
of our advertisers for keeping
us alive all these years! For
tips on publishing, complaints,
articles or advertising simply
email us at weirdmagazine@
gmail.com
3rd Annual Wildfire Reggae & Arts Festival
WEIRD MAGAZINE
Is Proud to Sponsor the
3rd Annual Reggae &
Arts Festival.
W: Welcome to Weird
Magazine Greg, Tell us a
little bit about Episode
Phive and the 3rd
Annual Wildfire Reggae
& Arts Festival.
WRAF: Episode Phive is a
grassroots Reggae promotions
collective that embraces the
fan/band relationship without
compromising the integrity of
this soul lifting music we love.
We promote a certain way. We
treat our fans a certain way. We
respect the overall message
of Reggae music as well. This
has never been about making
money but if it comes someday
then we are cool with that too.
We all have our day jobs and
we NEVER want this to feel like
a day job. It is a passion and
Reggae music has had a huge
impact on every team members
life in some way, shape or form.
It is kind of a prerequisite to be
a part of E5. Our movement is
100% about the music and the
message.
W: What kind of Big
Name acts do you have
slated for this year?
WRAF: Can we list the entire
line-up here? They are all big
names from where we are
standing...but some of our
national/international acts
include:
- HR (of Bad Brains)
w/members of Fishbone
- Gappy Ranks (London, UK)
- Dubtonic Kru
(Kingston, Jamaica)
- Zvuloon Dub System
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(Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Josh Heinrichs &
SkillinJah (Springfield, MO)
- Common Kings
(Costa Mesa, CA)
Check out our full
line-up at
wildfirereggaefest.com
W: Why decide to have
the festival during
SXSW?
WRAF: Our reasoning:
1) Reggae is neglected during SXSW
2) We wanted to provide the
ultimate exposure canvas
for this genre during SXSW
3) A lot of locals don’t want
to mess with the madness
of SXSW
4) Badges are WAY too
expensive! We don’t need
no stinkin’ badges! We are
for the people.
5) It has been growing and
gaining support since year
one...why change up the
dates now?
W: So what kinds of food
will there be this year?
WRAF: This year we will have
Caribbean Cuisine, Carnival
Fare and Texas BBQ! All bases
covered from Jerk Chicken to
Fried Oreos to BBQ to handdipped foot long corn dogs!
We have your munchie needs
covered!
W: Is it too late to sponsor this event?
WRAF: By the time this interview is run it will be. Please hit
us up for 2013 sponsorship
at wildfirereggaefest@gmail.
com. It is NEVER too early.
3rd Annual Wildfire Reggae & Arts Festival
MARCH 15th-17th
W: How can folks get
more involved in Wildfire?
WRAF: We are actually looking
for volunteers...well not really
volunteers...lol...it is more like a
“work for beer” internship (for
21+). Pick a day to volunteer and
pick a day you are NOT volunteering to receive an artist wristband. Hello VIP/Artist Lounge...
which includes FREE BEER!
If you aren’t 21+ and you still
want to volunteer please hit us
up. Your involvement with this
festival will look nice on your
resume and will speak volumes
about your taste in music! ;)
W: What act are you looking forward to seeing the
most this year Phive?
WRAF: ALL OF THEM! Otherwise
why book them?
W: Ruta Maya has been
great the last few years.
Are you staying here for
future events as well?
WRAF: We are in it for the long
haul with Ruta Maya! Look for
some BIG Reggae shows in
the coming months that would
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typically take place at larger
venues here in Austin. We want
the intimate vibe we foster at
Wildfire to cross over to all of
our Reggae shows. Even though
this is Texas...bigger is not
always better. What happened
to intimacy? That’s what we
want to bring to our shows. We
want Reggae fans leaving an E5
show to feel really good about
the event they just supported.
Love & passion stylee!
W: What is the goal in
doing these festivals?
WRAF: We want to give the
people a show that they will
remember. We are ALL about
good vibes. From the door guy to
the promoter to the stage hand.
It’s like that! Come as you are.
Everyone is a VIP. You don’t have
to be 21+ or have $500 in your
wallet to attend Wildfire. We are
putting together a serious lineup that doesn’t require serious
money to attend. We have love
for the people!
W: Has reggae music
become more socially acceptable in recent years
in your opinion?
WRAF: In these times and what
lies ahead Reggae music is SO
needed. The people want and
need it. Therefore it is accepted
and will become more accepted
as time goes on! Trust!!
kind!!
ONE LOVE!
W: YOU MEAN ITS
FREE??? WTH????
W: When is local artists
from Austin “Huerta Culture” performing?
WRAF: Yessir! Badges? We don’t
need no stinkin’ badges!! Come
support the local (and not so
local) Reggae scene! Additional
note: Please purchase artist
merch, support our vendors and
tip our hardworking bartenders!
W: Great job Episode
Phive! We are glad to be
Media Sponsors for this
event. Any final thoughts
to WEIRD MAGAZINE
readers regarding your
event?
WRAF: Huerta Culture performs
on Friday, March 16. Check
wildfirereggaefest.com for the
schedule!
W: So HOW MUCH does it
cost to attend?
WRAF: Yeah...about that Russell..it is FREE & ALL AGES!!
As far as Reggae Festivals (in
Austin) go...we are one of a
WRAF: LOVE
THY REGGAE!!!
2012 Texas Marijuana March
dential candidate & former
New Mexico Governor, Gary
Johnson.
2012 Texas
Marijuana March
By Josh Schimberg
Executive Director,
Texas NORML
The Global Marijuana March is
an annual, worldwide, marijuana legalization protest the
first Saturday of May, held in
hundreds of cities every year
with hundreds of thousands of
activists participating globally.
Austin was one of 25 other cities around the globe participating in the inaugural Global Marijuana March, on Saturday, May
1, 1999, and the following year
on May 6th, 2000, organizers
of Austin’s “Millennium Marijuana March” estimated that
two thousand people were in
attendance. In 2002 the march
in Austin was called “Liberation Day”, but unfortunately the
event went on hiatus for a few
years after the 2003 March.
Then, in 2008 the march in
Austin came back with renewed
energy as the Texas Cannabis
Crusade, which included an all
day festival at Zilker Park, and
had a solid three year run. The
Cannabis Crusade brought in
musical acts from around the
country, and garnered media
attention from several outlets in
Austin.
In 2011 with an increased focus
on political activism, and a new
name, the Texas Marijuana
March brought several nationally known high profile speakers
to Austin including NORML Live
Show host/producer & National
NORML’s Chapter Outreach
Coordinator, Russ Belville,
musician & professional sports
star, Greta Gaines, and Presi-
The Texas Marijuana March
in Austin has evolved over
the years, and in 2012 Texas
NORML will be focusing again
on political activism, and
also the need for medical
marijuana in Texas. Featured
speakers for the 2012 Texas
Marijuana March will include
Waco NORML founder &
Candidate for Texas House
of Representatives District
56, Clif Deuvall, Sam Houston
State University Professor,
Dr. Kenneth Hendrickson,
and The Austin 420 Executive
Editor & Texas NORML Patient
Liaison, Vincent Lopez.
On Cinco de Mayo 2012, the
Texas Marijuana March will,
as in year’s past, begin with a
march through the streets of
downtown Austin, up to the
Capitol’s South Steps. In previous years, the march route has
been as short as a few blocks,
as in 2011, up to several blocks
as in 2000 & 2010, and as long
as 2.5 miles from Zilker Park, in
2008-2009.
This year, the
march will begin at noon in
front of Austin
City Hall, with
just a single
turn to make up
Congress Ave.
Live music will
be played at
the Capitol by
singer/songwriter, RPD, whose
self-styled “cage
free country
crossover” music will evoke
thoughts of the
Red Headed
Stranger and
Rasta blues.
Texas NORML over the years
has poured many thousands of
dollars into making the Texas
Marijuana March happen, and
pushing the issue of marijuana
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legalization into the public eye
as often as possible. Texas
NORML is a non-profit organization that has always been
run by dedicated, and unpaid,
volunteers who are committed
to seeing an end to cannabis
prohibition. So, events like this
would not be possible without
the grassroots support, membership, and media coverage
that Texas NORML has grown
over the past 7 years.
In order to see the fight all the
way through to victory, there
must be continued growth and
recruitment of even more activists and stakeholders willing to
fight so that the argument for
legalization is made as widely
as possible in the public sphere;
and that it is done with the
utmost respect and professionalism. Texas is not easy turf
for NORML and other marijuana
law reform organizations. MPP
has long ago halted their former
funding for medical marijuana in
Texas, so it is now up to NORML,
Drug Policy Forum of Texas,
the Texas Hemp Campaign,
and the Texas Coalition for
Compassionate Care to work
on this issue. And progress has
been made in terms of getting
people in the public mobilized to
take action. Although we didn’t
see anything substantive come
from it, in 2011 we had one of
the best years ever for political
action on marijuana law reform
in Texas, with several thousand
emails, letters, and calls made
in support of medical marijuana
and decriminalization. But if we
hope to see any movement in
the Texas legislature, we must
increase the number of people
willing to speak out on it. We
must increase, and keep up the
pressure on our elected officials, because Texas citizens do
not have the option of changing
laws through voter ballot initiative.
Instead of just several thousand contacts of legislators,
we need to work towards tens
or hundreds of thousands, and
keep those numbers up every
legislative session until the
legislature makes the changes
we are demanding. We also
need to have our members and
supporters informed about who
in the legislature does or does
not support what NORML is
working towards. It is imperative that the legislators in Texas
who make decisions regarding
state laws will be willing to vote
yes on medical marijuana, and
Presents
on marijuana decriminalization
or even legalization. It’s the only
way we can change laws in this
state.
The goal of the Texas Marijuana March is to bring as many
people as possible to the Texas
Capitol to demand significant
change in our marijuana laws,
and that means we need everyone who reads this to consider
talking to friends & family about
the issue.
We need everyone who reads
this to seriously consider making a trip to Austin on Saturday,
May 5th, 2012, Cinco de Mayo,
and take part in the Texas Marijuana March. We need to see
many thousands of people on
the South Steps of the Capitol
calling for legalization. If you are
not near Austin, talk to people
around you to see if others
are interested in carpooling/
caravanning to Austin on May
5th, so that the Texas Marijuana
March will make the maximum
possible impact. If you can’t
make it, then you should consider making a donation to, or
becoming a member of, Texas
NORML or your local NORML
chapter. Ask yourself what you
can do to help with the cause,
and make a commitment to do
it.
The Texas Marijuana March on
Saturday, May 5th, 2012, at the
Texas State Capitol in Austin,
needs you there, and so do all
of the cannabis consumers in
Texas!
Fayuca: SXSW Dates and Wildfire Shjw
Weird Magazine: How
long has the band been
together now?
W: Welcome to Weird
Magazine this Spring.
Congrats on your success of the new album!
FAYUCA: Thank you for being a
part of it all!
Weird Magazine:
Introduce the band
members.
FAYUCA: Gabo, I play Guitar
and sing for Fayuca. I’m Raf, I
play drums for Fayuca. Hi, I’m
the bass player and my name is
Cisco.
Weird Magazine:
What shows are you per-
forming at here in
Austin for SXSW?
FAYUCA: We kick off our SXSW
CRAZINESS on March 15th
at the Wildfire Reggae & Arts
Festival at Ruta Maya where we
are co-headlining with HR of
Badbrains. We are also playing
at TX Rock Fest on March 16th
at Noon on the main stage. Then
we jet to Hole In Wall to play
the Echo Cloud Showcase at
5:40pm... Then we come back
on Sunday the 18th to claim our
High Times Magazine Doobie
Award for “Best Underground
Artist of 2012”! We will stay
pretty busy this time around
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FAYUCA: Maaaan!! We started
playing in 2001 in Raf’s back
yard. We were confused little
slugger’s then; we would blend
sounds of Nirvana, Sublime,
Mana, Stained...etc... It was
horrible haha!! We finally found
ourselves and released our first
record in 2004. We like to consider 2003/2004 our starting
point...everything before that
was just a big ol’ mess!
Weird Magazine:
What part of Arizona are
you guys from?
FAYUCA: We grew up in West
Phoenix (THE HOOD). We used
to walk to practice everyday by
taking the back alleys and short
cut through the canal! We all went
to high school together and lived
conveniently close to each other.
Weird Magazine: Lets
talk about the music,
what genre best describes Fayuca? PUNK
ROCK/ REGGAE / SKA/
PUNK?
FAYUCA: Maybe... Its a blend
of that and everything in between. We’re a mixture of Reggae, Punk-Rock, and Latin Ska.
Our Pandora Station throws us
in with Sublime, RX Bandits,
Expendables, Slightly Stoopid,
Maldita Vecindad, Manu Chao...
etc
Weird Magazine:
What are some of your
influences?
FAYUCA: We take influence
from all over the world. Gabriel
was born in Puerto Rico and
grew up on the East Cost; his
influences range from Manu
Chao and Cultura Profetica to
Sublime and Mars Volta. Ciso
is all about Reggae/ Dub and
rock classics like CCR or The
Beatles. Raf takes influence
from bands like Maldita Vecindad, Los Pericos, RX Bandits,
311...etc
We have all been raised very
close to our Latin roots... We are
all fans of classic Cumbia, Salsa
and Bachata; you can definitely
hear hints of a Latin swing in our
music!
Weird Magazine:
Why the name Fayuca?
FAYUCA: Fayuca is the Mexican
slang word for contraband or
the black market. “La Fayuca”
is a market, similar to a swap
meet, where you can get
anything and everything you desire.. Its so gangster haha! The
named seemed to fit us when
we started the band because
we would swap sounds and mix
genres from all over the world...
sorta like a “Fayuca”! The name
stuck and so we kept it!
Fayuca: SXSW Dates and Wildfire Shjw
Raf: Fito Olivares
Weird Magazine: What
CD is in your car or
truck or Van right now?
FAYUCA: Hahaha!!! We have the
oddest collection of music in
out van... Let me see... Curley Taylor, Stick Figure, State
Radio, Los Angeles De Charlie,
Passafire, Authority Zero, and
Fayuca... Is it weird to bump
your own music!?!
Weird Magazine: What
are you guys listening to
these days?
FAYUCA:Gabo: I have our new
single on repeat... to be honest.... I alternate between my
Pericos Play list and Bright
Eyes.
Cisco: Stick Figure’s “Smoke
Stacks” has not left my CD
Player in weeks.
Weird Magazine:
Well, we look forward
to having you guys back
at the Ruta Maya this
month. What can we
expect from your show
this year?
FAYUCA:
The best show of your life!!!
We have new tunes we love
playing... expect a lot of energy
on stage and dancing in the
crowd... Expect a few curse
words and a couple mediocre
jokes... Come out to Wildfire...
I think we play around 9 or 10!
Its all ages and FREE!
Weird Magazine: YES
FREE. BTW Congrats on
the Doobie nomination.
Is there a ritual before
each performance?
FAYUCA: Thanks! Ummmm...
We take a few shots, pound a
couple beers...Warm up our
hands and vocal chords and
keep our fingers crossed that
our amps don’t blow up on
stage!
Weird Magazine:
What will you do with a
Doobie award if you guys
win?
FAYUCA: Put it to good use ;)
Weird Magazine:
Thanks guys.
FAYUCA: See you in Austin,
for the Doobie Awards, and at
Wildfire Reggae Festival!
Thanks to Weird Magazine for
all the support! Tell all your buddies about Fayuca and tell em to
like us on Facebook!
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MUD DOCTORS
so fast that I’m just trying
not to get thrown off the
train.
Weird Mag:
Tell us about your
gigs in March or for
SXSW that you have
coming up.
MUD DOCTORS:
We’re playing Rockin’
Tomato Saturday March
3rd at 10 p.m. I’m taking
my wife and daughter to
Big Bend during SXSW. I’ll
leave it to the rest of you to
enjoy it. I’m thinking that
the larger gigs will come
after our record “Time is a
Mushroom” gets listened
to a bit. It will be out any
day now.
Recently I hung out with local
Rockers Mudd Doctors and man
these guys rock. And I f you
need legal advice, frontman David Komie can offer his council.
Here is my interview with this
up and coming talent. I submit
Exibit A - The Mudd Doctors!
Weird Magazine:
Welcome to Weird
Magazine David, Tell
us a little about your
Band The Mudd
Doctors?
MUD DOCTORS: We’re four
dudes without egos who have
a unique musical chemistry
together.
Weird Magazine:
I have seen your recent
commercial on TV pretty
cool to represent clients
in the Austin area in
legal matters and still
Jam out with your band!
MUD DOCTORS:
The songs seem to come from
the ether. Most of the songs
have written themselves and I
wonder myself sometimes
where they come from. If we
have the misfortune of becoming rich and famous I’ll probably
join the camp that credits Jesus,
Mary, Jehovah or the reincarnation of dead rock stars ...ha...
Eric Tussing is a great songwriter. I’d actually like to hear his
answer to this question.
Weird Magazine: Name
some influences of yours?
MUD DOCTORS: My main
influences are life experiences
such as foster homes, an abusive
childhood, no safety net followed
my happy marriage and child.
Musically, at the risk of sounding
self indulgent I’d say: Lyrically
- Dylan, the Beatles, the Doors,
Weird Magazine:
Why the name Mud
Doctors?
MUD DOCTORS: I actually
misheard a Bob Dylan outtake
of Just Like Tom Thumb Blues
where he sings “my best friend
my doctor won’t even say what
it is I got” and I thought he said
mud doctor and I thought it was
cool. Mud Doctor is also slang
for a bone rattlin’ witch doctor
or a crappy doctor who commits
malpractice a lot ... haha
Weird Magazine: How did
the Law Firm and Music all
come together for you? Were
you influenced by space
aliens to Rock out the live
Music Capitol of the World
and also defend Austinites
in the process? Are we
warm?
MUD DOCTORS: Have they
come together for me?
haha ...sometimes it seems like
the days and weeks just whip by
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MUD DOCTORS: Our first gig
was December 26,2010.,
We’re on facebook, reverb
nation and we have our own
website muddoctors.com, blah,
blah.
They can also email ourmanagerHaleyForsyth at
booking@muddoctors.com.
Weird Mag: Best legal
songs written by David Komie, except Bad Girl (Eric Tussing),
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DOCTORS:
of it for a while?
MUD DOCTORS:
To be honest I don’t get out
much anymore except to see my
friend’s bands once in a while. I
started playing guitar late in life
so I don’t feel I have the liberty
to take too many nights off to
watch other people play.
Also, I
Bonobo
like to play and writeFiremonkey
in a vacuum
Green
Bass, Vox
without much
outside
influence.
Weird
Mag:
How can
folks get
in touch
with you
guys to
book
you for a
show or
private
party?
Time is a mushroom
I’m surrounded by top notch
people. My law partner Chris
Morrow is an old friend of mine
with a great sense of humor. We
help people and have fun doing
it. My bandmates Eric Tussing,
Lothar and Bonobo Firemonkey
Green are great friends, great
musicians and great people.
Without that kind of support I
Weird Magazine: Tell us
about your music? Some
of your songs are trippy,
spacey, and curious;
where does this
creativity come from?
“Barbarians on Speed”
or” Little Blue Man” “will
GOD sit alone” and “Time
is a Mushroom” are a
few examples of the
Weirdness.
Weird Mag: How long
have the Mud Doctors
been together?
MUD DOCTORS:
As your attorney I advise you to
listen to, and come see the Mud
Doctors.
Lothar
Drums
MUD DOCTORS
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couldn’t succeed.
the
Stones and anything with a lot
of intelligence. Vocally - Ian
Astbury, Jim Morrison, Dan McCafferty, Harry Nilsson, Richard
Butler, John Lennon, Mike Ness
and more recently, Jack White.
Guitar - Eddie Van Halen,
Johnny Ramone, Josh
Homme, Greg Ginn, Jack White
and Paul Leary to name a few. By
the way I think Paul Leary should
produce our next record ..haha.
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Azerbaijan: The missing link for
Neo-Con war with Iran
By Cameron Cutrone
Azerbaijan:
The missing link
for Neo-Con war
with Iran
by Cameron Cutrone
freedome-files.blogspot.com
Azerbaijan is a fascinating
country. It’s situated in what
seems to be the center of the
world. The Islamic Republic
of Iran borders it to the south.
Armenia, the oldest Christian
country in the world, borders
it to the west. And Russia,
overshadowing it to the northeast. For those who play chess,
controlling the middle of the
board is a very high priority.
For the globalists and powerhungry who view the world like
a chessboard, Azerbaijan is
critical. For the rest of us, it
remains largely unnoticed.
Albeit below the radar, Azerbaijan has enjoyed a relative boom
over the last decade. While
some remain suspicious of it’s
oil baron class, it is because
of them that it’s middle class
has nearly doubled in the last
decade. Many of these newly
middle class families are enjoying better schools, roads, hospitals, and work environment.
This is all due to a massive influx
of foreign investment. Everyone wants to do business there
right now, but most notably
Russia, Iran, and the United
States. Pretty amazing.
It can be a place where otherwise political and military rivals
can be competitors economically. Unfortunately, with big
business and big government
so intertwined, it makes for a
pretty high stakes competition.
When political interests are
involved, the granting of an oil
drilling contract to a particular
company over another can send
very heavy signals, even if it
wasn’t meant to. For example,
let’s say Azerbaijan chooses
BP, a British company, to build
a pipeline. Gazprom, a Russian
company, may have been the
second highest bidder. “Oh
well”, one might say, “Gazprom will live to fight another
day.” If only things could be
that simple.
With politics and business
married as happily as they are,
more is read into this than just a
simple transaction such as the
one submitted. One political
policy nerd might be jumping
for joy screaming “Hooray!
Azerbaijan is westernizing!”
Or perhaps some stalwart in
the Kremlin is wringing his
hands fuming, “I can’t believe
we’re losing our influence in
Azerbaijan!” This mindset is
dangerous and misguided, and
there are so many elites in the
US who share it.
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Think about this for a moment.
Azerbaijan is on Iran’s northern
border. To Iran’s east is occupied Afghanistan. To Iran’s
west is Iraq, with thousands of
supposedly “non-combat” US
troops and a puppet regime.
To the south, Iran is faced with
another giant US military base
in Qatar, with several US naval
vessels on it’s way presumably
to control the Strait of Hormuz.
For Iranians, the message is
clear: YOU ARE SURROUNDED!
The only tiny bit of breathing
room is in the north, Azerbaijan. Pretty soon, someone
from the State Department,
maybe Hillary Clinton, will
be knocking on Azerbaijan’s
door... “Hey, do you like all the
new-found wealth you enjoy due
to foreign investment? Well,
let us put a base up, or maybe
even just use a landing strip for
our strategic interests. I would
hate to see your infrastructure
crumble.” I’m sure during the
press conference it’ll all be talk
of “human rights” and “shared
values.” But right now, scaring
the crap out of Iran is at the
front of our government’s mind.
All at the expense of our real national interests like peace, commerce, and honest friendship.
Let’s assume these sociopaths
overplay their hand. They
always do. This could seriously affect our already strained
relations with Russia. And we
wonder why Putin is tightening control in Russia and doing
more business in Iran. And
we wonder why Iran is acting
defensive right now.
I wonder why we’re still borrowing billions of dollars a day
to prop up an empire, longing
for a republic, with honest
friendships instead of bribery.
A growing economy instead
of stagnation. That’s the
Azerbaijani...I mean the American way, right?
Cameron Cutrone’s articles
are archived at freedome-files.
blogspot.com
-----------------------------------EDITORS NOTE:
“The momentum of Asia’s economic development is already
generating massive pressures
for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy
and the Central Asian region
and the Caspian Sea basin are
known to contain reserves of
natural gas and oil that dwarf
those of Kuwait, the Gulf of
Mexico, or the North Sea.”
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
(p.125) The Grande
Chessboard 96’.
Available at Brave New Books.
America�s War on Latin America
I Mean Drugs) - By Jamie Balagia
I thought it just about imposIsible for our national leaders to
put a larger part of their foot in
their mouths I see this article. I
included it in its entirety so that
you could read it and not think
I was stoned when I wrote my
thoughts in this piece:
of convincing a bunch of frustrated
foreign leaders that the sickness and
death presently surrounding them
was caused by something other than
the one thing that’s obviously causing
it.
It’s a ridiculous situation that lends
itself to some really ridiculous arguments, such as Napolitano preposterously comparing Mexican Drug
Kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman to
Osama Bin Laden:
“It took us 10 years to find (al Qaeda
chief) Osama bin Laden and we found
him, and you know what happened
there,” Napolitano said.
Yeah, but the fact that these drug
lords are as slippery as Osama
f#$king Bin Laden ought not to inspire
confidence. Seriously, I don’t even
know what her point is supposed to
be, because it’s gotta be pretty damn
obvious to Latin American leaders
that we don’t have enough SEAL
teams to track down and kill every
wannabe drug boss all over the globe.
Their services, unlike Bin Laden’s,
are actually popular with much of the
American public.
U.S. Tells South America to Shut
Up About Legalizing Drugs - Scott
Morgan from stopthedrugwar.org
on February 28, 2012 [I endorse
stopthedrugwar.org]
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano has a message for
everyone who thinks the drug war is
bad: you’re wrong, it’s awesome.
(Reuters) – Secretary of Homeland
Security Janet Napolitano defended
Washington’s drug war strategy
on Monday despite calls by some
Latin American leaders to consider
decriminalizing narcotics.
…
“I would not agree with the premise
that the drug war is a failure,” Napolitano said. “It is a continuing effort
to keep our peoples from becoming
addicted to dangerous drugs.”
[Reuters]
Okay, but what do these two
sentences have to do with one
another? Yes, we know the drug war
is “a continuing effort to keep our
peoples from becoming addicted to
dangerous drugs [and marijuana],”
but I don’t understand what that has
to do with whether or not it’s been a
failure. This is like saying, “I would not
agree with premise that asbestos is
toxic. It is a material used to insulate
buildings.”
So in a metaphorical sense, you could
say that American drug policy is made
of asbestos, and Janet Napolitano
has been given the fun assignment
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Calls for legalization in Latin America
are going to get louder the longer
this idiocy continues, and it should
surprise no one that the U.S. government’s latest attempts to suppress it
are utterly and predictably devoid of
substance as always.
[END OF STORY]
Unbelievable is about all I can
say after reading the article
again. So the “War on Drugs”
is not a failure according to
steel boot wearing U.S.A.G.
Napoitano and her life long
career government employees.
I was thinking perhaps if she
would take the time to visit any
State prison in America and
start counting the young men
incarcerated for drug crimes.
Hopefully, she won’t overlook
the abundance of minorities
in the prison drug population
or the overall level of poverty
among drug prisoners of all
races. If the WOD means we
are continuing to fill our prisons
(soon to be privatized in growing numbers) with young men
(and increasingly with women)
then she is right on. And here
is a related story on that issue
from Atlanta:
Channel 2 investigation highlights racial discrepancies in
marijuana arrests - (Atlanta)
— A Channel 2 Action News investigation revealed that across
the state, African-Americans
are arrested on marijuana possession charges significantly
more often than whites.
“That is just a bad practice of
applying the law unequally, that
is, you are singling out a seg-
ment of the population,” said
state Sen. Ed Harbison. “That’s
just wrong. I don’t care how you
cover it up, how you try to color
it.”
Channel 2 looked at the total
number of arrests for possession charges and compared
the racial breakdowns to
census data. For metro Atlanta
agencies that made over 100
arrests, Channel 2 isolated nine
agencies that had the highest
discrepancies between the
African-American population
and the number of arrests they
made.
The agency with the highest
number was the Atlanta Police
Department. Last year, 93
percent of all marijuana possession arrests in the city of Atlanta were African-Americans,
and 7 percent were white. The
city’s population is 54 percent
African-American and 38 percent white.
“This is a difficult issue that is
far more complex than numbers
can illustrate. I can assure you
however, that the Atlanta Police
Department is in no way, shape,
form or fashion racially profiling,” Atlanta police spokesman
Carlos Campos told Channel 2.
Reverend C.L. White, president
of the Atlanta Chapter of the
NAACP, called it atrocious to
have an arrest rate so high compared to the population.
“That is profiling at its worst.
You don’t have to have done
anything, if they just suspect
you might have done it as you
look like someone who might
do, than you are apt to be pulled
over,” said White.
Channel 2 spoke to a man who
asked to be identified only as
Greg, felt that was exactly what
happened to him.
Greg told Channel 2 he felt he
was racially profiled in Douglas
County, where 66 percent of
all those arrested for possession of marijuana are AfricanAmerican.
“I really felt like he saw me and
just felt like, ‘Oh, here’s a criminal. Let me go get him,’” said
Greg END OF STORY]
If WOD means the further
erosion of basic Constitutional
Rights protecting us from unlawful searches and seizures
then she is right on. I would
never have believed that we
would have drones flying over
San Antonio (Google) to keep
a constant recorded tag on our
citizens. The Supreme Court
just ruled that the FBI had to
remove 3000 tracking devices
from vehicles in our country
that were placed on the vehicle
without a warrant. So they will
be very busy getting 3000 warrants over the next short while.
We also have exigent entry
without warrants if a police officer thinks he smells marijuana
burning inside your apartment
or home. I suppose they will
start approaching homes and
taking a big snort of air flowing
out the bottom of the doorways. It seems like the courts
are bending over backwards to
erode the Constitutional protections we studied in school.
Then there’s the idea that
individuals that are involved in
the drug trade should be hunted
down and shot, like OBL deservedly was, makes one think of the
horror stories that used to come
out of the Soviet Union gulags.
Where do our politicians get the
idea that they can continue to
dictate foreign policy to the point
that we rule the countries to the
south of us. And of course the
war is on drugs which includes
marijuana. We know that our
country has been conducting ‘Elimination Programs” in
Central and South America for
decades. The Mexican government is labeled corrupt by our
leaders but they still allow the
U.S. to run “hunt down and kill”
missions against drug cartel
members within its borders. I
wonder how the Mexican citizens
feel about that?
We are all aware that if our
government wanted to guarantee
that the Cartels would lose 60%
of their profits overnight all we
have to do is decriminalize marijuana in the USA. But instead,
the Obama Administration under
the boot heal of Eric Holder is
making federal arrests in State’s
where the citizens have approved
Medicinal Marijuana programs.
The Feds are busting dispensaries and local “Mom and Pop”
shops that are supplying much
needed medicines, prescribed
by licensed doctors, to patients
that are now suffering. To think
that our leaders promote the policies that encourage the addictive
use of hard core narcotic pain
medications instead of marijuana (MMJ) to our neighbors is
sickening. Let’s see, do we want
grandma hammering down synthetic heroin product or taking a
toke or two to relieve her never
ending pain. You should also
take the time to Google and read
about the advances that MMJ is
making to delaying the effects of
dementia and other memory loss
diseases.
The quote about our govern-
ment’s “continuing effect to
keep our peoples from becoming addicted to dangerous
drugs” just about made me gag.
I know a little about drug treatment programs and nowhere
in the thirty day programs is
there a section on how the WOD
helps someone stay sober. I say
that because of the WOD we
have more citizens becoming
addicted to hard core drugs. I
have previously written about
how the current law enforcement
attacks on pot smokers forces
many of them to go to hard drug
distributors to purchase marijuana. If you have to go to where
the hard drugs are being sold to
buy pot it is more likely that you
are exposed to hard drugs. The
more exposure to hard drugs the
more likely to try hard drugs for
some people. Some people that
try hard drugs are more likely to
become addicted to them than
if there were legal sources of
marijuana. This makes a lot of
sense to me but perhaps you
are more inclined to follow the
government’s thinking - Just Say
No! How’s that working for us so
far? Yeah, like I said.
I keep bringing up some of
these issues month after month
because that is one way to get
people to get involved in the
issue of where our nation’s
efforts should be directed. If
some of you would actually
write your senators and congress members it might start
to chip away at the ignorance
involved in the WOD policy. If
those of you who support our
president would call and write
him and declare your anger and
disgust with his lack of leadership in stopping the WOD it
would make a difference. If you
would call his office and remind
him that he promised that the
Feds would leave the State’s
MMJ programs alone. President Obama and his administration has done more to damage
MMJ than President “W” ever
did. Most of the advances in the
MMJ issue were made during
Bush’s administration - how
does that make you feel?
Lastly, I once again ask those of you
that agree with me to start talking
about these issues and make them
part of our political discourse. Let
your neighbors, coworkers, family
and friends know that you support the
legalization (or at least the decriminalization) of marijuana. Tell them
you want our government to stop
arresting users of marijuana.
Tell them it is time to stop the
War on American Citizens.
Jamie Balagia
jamie@dwidude.com
Spying on the Saucer Writers
By Nick Redfern
DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIA
“It is author Edwards’ contention that UFOs are space
vehicles sent to observe
activities on earth and the Air
Force, which is charged with the
responsibility of investigating
UFOs, has deliberately withheld
information and given misleading explanations because it was
fears a mass panic by the public
if the public were told the truth.
Spying on the
Saucer Writers
By Nick Redfern
On a fairly frequent basis, I get
asked if I think there could be
one or more “secret government files” on me. Well, as
someone who writes about
UFOs in terms of what officialdom knows about the subject, I
can never say for sure that such
files do not exist. And, one of
the reasons for this is that the
Freedom of Information Act
has clearly demonstrated that
certain authors of books on the
UFO subject have indeed been
secretly watched by officialdom
– even to the extent of having
their books reviewed by government agencies!
Although not widely known, the
FBI has on various occasions
taken more than a passing
interest in monitoring publications on the UFO subject. To
illustrate this, June 1966 saw
the first printing by Lyle Stuart
Publishers of Frank Edwards’
book, Flying Saucers – Serious
Business. By October of that
year, Edwards’ book was in its
third printing.
On 16 October, it was announced in the This World
supplement of the San Francisco-based newspaper The
Examiner & Chronicle that the
Congressional Representative
of Michigan (and later US President) Gerald Ford, was pressing
for Congress to look into the
UFO matter.
It was also announced that the
US Air Force had commissioned
a University of Colorado physics professor named Edward U.
Condon to conduct an in-depth
study of unidentified flying
objects.
An FBI memo of 19 October
1966 stated: “…The [This
World] article also points
out that since last summer
pressure has been mounting
for the establishment of an
independent, civilian controlled
investigative agency to look into
the UFO problem…[Edwards’
book] is probably a contributing
factor to the current controversy.”
That both Edwards and his book
were of interest to the FBI is
something spelled out further
in the 3-page Bureau document
of 19 October, which – given its
significance and relevance – I
will quote at length:
“In [Flying Saucers – Serious
Business] Edwards points out
that flying saucers were observed in the spring of 1946, in
Scandinavia and Russia (which
he points out is about a year
from the date of the testing of
the Alamogordo atomic bomb),
and the book documents many
reports throughout the world
of UFOs since that date, and
claims that 1965 was the year
of the greatest number of UFO
sightings and that these were
observed by multiple
witnesses.
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“The book describes UFOs as
polished metal objects, radiating heat and light (sufficient
to have burned witnesses who
were too near), and emitting
some force field that interferes
with electromagnetic instruments and power sources.
Colors range from brilliant
white to dull reds and brilliant
orange. Some objects have
carried blinking lights. There
are three basic shapes: 1)
Zeppelin-shaped ships up to
300 feet long; 2) disk-shaped
objects ranging from a few feet
in diameter to 100 feet, with
many reported at about 30 feet
diameter; and 3) egg-shaped
objects, which according to
the author are the ones most
recently sighted.
“According to the book, the
objects move silently and attain
fantastic speeds, yet can hover
motionless in mid-air; they have
been reported to land and take
off with great speed, usually
with a burst of light from the
underside, which in some cases
has left the ground beneath
them scorched.
“Many of the persons named
in the book who have reported
them are reliable individuals,
including law enforcement
officers, military personnel
on official duty, military pilots,
commercial airline pilots,
civilian defense officials, etc. A
number of photographs of the
objects have been reproduced
in the book, some reportedly
taken by reputable persons.
Many reported sightings are
from atomic and missile research areas.
“Wreckage of crashed saucers
has been reportedly recovered
on at least three occasions,
in one case described as a
magnesium alloy, in another as
pure magnesium, and in a third
case, attributed to an official
of the Canadian government,
the material was described as
an exceptionally hard unknown
metal, actually a matrix of
magnesium orthosilicate which
contained thousands of 15-micron spheres throughout, and
showing evidence of micrometeorites on its surface.
“A few witnesses have
reported seeing crewmen who have landed
from the objects, who
are described as three
and a half to four feet
tall, wearing what appear to be space suits
and helmets.”
The FBI noted, in their final
words on the matter: “Author
Edwards concludes this book
with a prediction that in the
near future UFOs will make an
‘overt landing’ or deliberate
contact with earth. A copy of
this letter is being directed to
Denver, in view of the contract
to Dr. Edward U. Condon. The
above is being called to the
Bureau’s attention in view of
the press report of mounting
pressure for a civilian controlled
investigative agency to handle
UFO matters.”
Having discussed the issue of
UFOs with a number of journalists in the mainstream media,
I know that many view the hypothesis that government and
intelligence agencies are taking
an interest in the activities of
civilian UFO researchers as little
more than paranoia. Yet, as the
remarkably detailed document
cited above makes clear, those
of us that enter the field of UFO
research and begin publishing
the details of our discoveries,
can expect to soon attract the
attention of the official world.
Source: Mysterious Universe